Faris Ramli

Muhammad Faris bin Ramli (born 24 August 1992) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a forward for Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers and the Singapore national team.

Considered as one of the best players in the country, Faris is known for his dribbling skills, trickery, speed and finishing.

A forward, Faris primarily plays as a winger.

Faris began his professional football career with Young Lions in the 2010 S.League.

It was only until the Sailors’ 10th league match when manager Kim Do-hoon gave Faris his first start of the season in the league.

He scored his first goal of the season against Balestier Khalsa in June 2022 but remained largely used as a substitute until Kim left the club in August.

His successor, Luka Lalic, also used Faris as a substitute in his first two games, in which Faris bagged 2 assists apiece.

Faris managed to make the starting lineup in the next game against Hougang United, in which he scored 2 goals in a 9-4 thrashing.

However, as the Sailors suffered a massive dip in form in the closing stages of the season, Faris, too, struggled badly, missing several crucial chances.

In 2012, Faris made it to the top 52 of Nike's 'The Chance' competition, a worldwide talent hunt for young players.

However, he was not drafted in the selection of the final 16 in Barcelona.

Faris played for the Young Lions prior to featuring for LionsXII in the Malaysia Super League.

In December 2012, the Football Association of Singapore announced that Faris was to join the LionsXII for the 2013 Malaysia Super League.

He had his most prolific season yet in 2015, scoring 11 goals in all competitions, 8 in the MSL and 2 in the 2015 Malaysia FA Cup, which was won by the LionsXII, and 1 in the 2015 Malaysia Cup.

He had scored the first goal in the 3–1 win over Kelatan that brought the Malaysia FA Cup to Singapore.

His 8 goals in the league was good enough to see him finish the season as the LionsXII's top scorer in the league.

However, following the heights of 2015, Faris was brought down to earth by a disappointing 2016 as he was constantly plagued by injuries.

Although he was once again wooed by some MSL sides, Faris chose to extend his contract with Home.

In 2016, although courted by high spending Tampines Rovers as well as Malaysia Super League clubs, Pahang and Selangor, Faris instead choose to signed for Home United for the 2016 S.League campaign after the LionsXII was disbanded following the conclusion of the 2015 MSL season.

He started the 2017 season in sensation form, scoring 3 goals in 4 appearances in the league for Home.

He also has a further 4 goals in 6 games in the 2017 AFC Cup, helping his team become the first team to qualify for the zonal semi-finals.

The 9-3 thrashing of Brunei DPMM has to be his best game of the season as he scored 4 and assisted another 4.

He eventually finished as the joint local top-scorer of the league with Shahril Ishak, amassing 11 goals in the league.

In total, Faris had a standout 2017, scoring 21 goals and notching 21 assists in all competitions, earning him an S.League Player of the Year nomination.

On 5 January 2018, Faris signed a contract with Malaysia Super League club PKNS.

He scored his first goal for his new club in a 3–4 defeat to Kedah FA.

He had a good first season with PKNS, finishing joint-second top scorer for his team with 6 league goals to his name.

He was also linked up again with former PKNS FC teammates Safee Sali as well as Khyril Muhymeen, whom joined the club in December 2018.

After speculations of a move to Perak, in January 2019, Faris signed a contract with newly promoted Malaysia Premier League club, Perlis FA.

However, after revelation of Perlis financial difficulties and subsequent exclusion from the Malaysian league, Faris opted to terminate his contract in January 2019.

After Faris terminated his contract with Perlis, he returned to Singapore and sign with Singapore Premier League side Hougang United.

On 21 April 2019, He made his debut in the opening match and scored his first goal in penalty against Tampines Rovers in a 5–1 defeat.

Faris was consistent in the year and was the top local-born goal scorer in the 2019 Singapore Premier League season, winning the Player of the Year award.

After leaving Hougang United, Faris signed for Terengganu for 2020 season.

On 29 August 2020, he scored his first league goal of the season in a 4-0 victory against Sabah.

On 25 September 2020, he scored a brace in a 4-0 victory against PDRM.

He made only 10 appearances for the club.

Faris signed for Lion City Sailors after leaving Terengganu.

He won the league with the Sailors for the 2021 season.

Faris’ 2022 campaign begun on a sour note as he missed out on the first game against Hougang United due to contracting COVID 19.